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<title>Whistle Blowers Need Lawyers With False Claims Act Experience</title>
<description><![CDATA[By: Don McKenna
A recent opinion from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals highlights the pitfalls of hiring a lawyer who does not have specific experience handling False Claims Act cases.  The False Claims Act has numerous procedural requi]]></description>
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<title>HHS-OIG Publishes 2011 Work Plan - Many Areas Where Whistleblowers Can Help</title>
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By: Don McKenna
The Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General recently released its 2011 Work Plan. The 159 page document details the focal areas of the HHS-OIG during the 2011 fiscal year.  One of the primary objectives of ]]></description>
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<title>Novartis Pays $422 Million to Settle False Claim Act Lawsuit</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hare, Wynn is proud to represent whistleblowers who bring to light the fraud pharmaceutical companies perpetrate on federal tax payers by ripping off Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare and Champus.  The latest settlement of $422 million against N]]></description>
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<title>Stimulus Spending on Construction Contracts May Bring Wave of False Claims Act Cases</title>
<description><![CDATA[By: Don McKenna
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provided hundreds of millions of American tax payer dollars to stimulate the economy through spending on construction and infrastructure improvement projects.  When the Go]]></description>
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<title>Has Medicare Fraud by Big Pharma Become a Cost of Doing Business?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Over the past two years, the Department of Justice has collected over $2 billion from big pharmaceutical companies in fines, damages and civil penalties for defrauding Medicare and other health care programs funded with tax payer dollars. ]]></description>
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